[Haskell] Re: ST Monad and all that

Wolfgang Jeltsch wolfgang at jeltsch.net
Fri Jul 8 15:58:18 EDT 2005


Am Freitag, 8. Juli 2005 18:50 schrieb Peter Eriksen:
> "Srinivas Nedunuri" <nedunuri at cs.utexas.edu> writes:
> > Hello, in trying to understand how to use the ST Monad I've come across
> > references to a bewildering variety of related types such as STRefs,
> > STArrays, MutVar, ArrayRef, IORef, IOArray, ArrRef, etc. the list goes
> > on. Is there a place where I can get a comprehensive explanation of
> > what's what?
>
> Well, a page on the Haskell Wiki tries to be that,
> but is in need of a lot more exampels and explanation.
> It gives examples of uses of the ST monad.  The
> page very appropriately named
>
> http://haskell.org/hawiki/ImperativeHaskell
>
> Hopes, it can be of some help.  Regards
>
> Peter

It would probably a good thing if this wiki page would also cover the 
differences between LazyST and StrictST.

Best wishes,
Wolfgang


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